A comparison of acute and long-term management of stroke patients in Barbados and South London

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-335

  Smeeton, Nigel C ^a   Corbin, David O C ^c   Hennis, Anselm J ^c,e   Hambleton, Ian R ^d   Fraser, Henry S ^c,e   Wolfe, Charles D A ^b   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^d Tropical Medicine Research Institute   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Health services research; Post stroke rehabilitation; Stroke care; Stroke, acute management; Stroke, caregivers; Stroke, long term management; Stroke, statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARBADOS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 59849109221     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000202009     Document Type: Article

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